Is it possible to include a file in your .gitconfig
git, github
Solution
Git (1.7.10+) now supports this syntax in `.gitconfig`:
[include]
path = /path/to/file
See here for a detailed description of the git change and its edge cases.
By the way, a couple of subtleties worth pointing out:
Environment-variable expansion, e.g. `$HOME`, is not supported. (Expansion of `~` appeared in Git 1.7.10.2.)
If a relative path is specified, then it is relative to the .gitconfig file that has the `[include]` statement. This works correctly even across chained includes -- e.g. `~/.gitconfig` can have:
[include]
path = subdir/gitconfig
and `subdir/gitconfig` can have:
[include]
path = nested_subdir/gitconfig
... which will cause `subdir/nested_subdir/gitconfig` to be loaded.
If git can't find the target file, it silently ignores the error. This appears to be by design.
Problem
I'd like to include a file in my .gitconfig that has my github settings - is this possible? Can I do something like this: ``` [core] include = /path/to/file ```